TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wright, Michelle F.
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
T1  - Self-isolation practices and perceived social support from friends
BT  - the impact on adolescents' mental health
JF  - European journal of developmental psychology
N2  - The purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderating effect of perceived social support from friends in the associations between self-isolation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and adolescents' mental health (i.e., depression, subjective health complaints, self-harm), measured six months later (Time 2). Participants were 1,567 7(th) and 8(th) graders (51% female; 51% white; M age = 13.67) from the United States. They completed questionnaires on perceived social support from friends, depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm at Time 1, and self-isolation practices during COVID-19, depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm at Time 2. The findings revealed that self-isolation practices during COVID-19 was related positively to Time 1 perceived social support from friends, and negatively to Time 2 depression, subjective health complaints, and self-harm, while accounting for Time 1 mental health outcomes. Higher perceived social support from friends at Time 1 buffered against the negative impacts on adolescents' mental health outcomes at Time 2 when they practiced greater self-isolation during COVID-19, while lower perceived social support at Time 1 had the opposite effects on Time 2 mental health outcomes.
KW  - Friends
KW  - self-isolation
KW  - pandemic
KW  - mental health
KW  - depression
KW  - subjective
KW  - health complaints
KW  - self-harm
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2022.2146090
SN  - 1740-5629
SN  - 1740-5610
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
SP  - 635
EP  - 648
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -